Gearing up for his maiden middleweight contest, British professional boxing star Amir Khan on Monday said that after the much-anticipated WBC title contest against Mexico’s Canelo Alvarez, he is keen to take on Vijender Singh in the Indian bigwig’s own backyard. Speaking to Indian media from San Francisco ahead of his fight against Alvarez, scheduled in Las Vegas on May 7, Khan said he... 

NEW YORK: A Sikh rights group has challenged the dismissal of the 1984 rights violation case against Congress party before an appeals court here, saying the case “concerns” the US and it has “institutional standing” to seek judgment on behalf of the Sikh community. The case filed by Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) was dismissed by Judge Robert Sweet of US District Court last month... 

Pakistan has accorded the status of ‘holy city’ to Nankana Sahib – the birthplace of Guru Nanak Dev, the first Sikh guru. Nankana Sahib is one of the most revered pilgrimage destinations for Sikhs around the world. Pakistan interior minister Rehman Malik made the announcement at a dinner hosted recently for a delegation of Indian lawyers, comprising bar representatives, at a hotel... 

LAHORE: Record yield of 19 million tonnes wheat, 3.3 million tonnes rice and 43 million tonnes sugarcane has been witnessed in Punjab during the year 2010-11 following a policy of the provincial government to provide maximum facilities to the farmers, said Punjab Agriculture Minister Ahmed Ali Aulak while talking to media here on Thursday. He said that total production of wheat in 2007-08 was 15 million... 

Peshawar—Sikhs community leader from Khyber Agency Sahib Singh announced joining Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) and said that the party Chief Imran Khan was the only hope to pull the country out of present crises. Sahib Singh, in a press conference on Tuesday, also announced resignation from Awami National Party (ANP) and said that minority particularly Sikh community had completely been ignored by... 

Eight men on horseback chase a ball on a gorgeous, sunny winter’s afternoon at the Jaipur Polo Grounds in the Indian capital, Delhi. The action at Saturday’s game was fierce, fast and dust-raising. The British army team was playing the Sherdils (or Lionhearts) – comprising members of the Sikh regiment of the Indian army – for the annual Saragarhi Challenge Cup. The game commemorates... 

LAHORE: The Punjab government has launched various programmes with the aim of creating job opportunities fort the skillful youth, said Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif while talking to a youth delegation on Saturday. Nawaz said that providing job opportunities was an attempt by the PML-N to make the youth independent and capable of standing on their feet. He said that programmes... 

NANKANA SAHIB – The Gurdwara Janamasthan on Wednesday echoed with “Wahe Guru Ji ka Khalsa, Wahe Guru Ji ki Fateh and “Jo Bole so Nehal” during three-day 543rd birth anniversary of Sikhism founder Baba Gura Nanak Dev as it began on Tuesday. Over 2,900 Sikh Yatrees from India and thousands of others from all over the world including America, Canada , UK, Europe, and from parts of Sindh... 

LAHORE: Tens of thousands of people are expected to attend rallies in Pakistan’s political capital Lahore this weekend, demanding that President Asif Ali Zardari quit and for snap polls next year. Appetite for election fever is heating up in the city of eight million, Pakistan’s second biggest and the capital of the most populous province Punjab, which commands the most number of seats in the... 

The recent Strategic Partnership Agreement signed, in New Delhi, by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, with President Hamid Karzai, of land locked Afghanistan, goes beyond India’s involvement in diverse development projects in Afghan infrastructure, education and agriculture since September 2001. Eventually, as a result of the Strategic Partnership Agreement, Sikh soldiers, hailing from the Sikh...